Richard Jefferies may refer to:
- Richard Jefferies (1848–1887), English nature writer
- Richard Jefferies (curator) (born 1945), English curator of the Watts Gallery, 1985–2006
- Richard Jefferies (screenwriter) (born 1956), American screenwriter, film producer, film director and editor
- Richard Manning Jefferies (1888–1964), American state legislator and Governor of South Carolina, 1942–1943
- Dick Jefferies, paleontologist
- Richard Jefferies (canoeist) (born 1987), British Olympic canoeist
- Richard Jefferies (businessman) (1920–2013), Australian Army officer and businessman
John Richard Jefferies was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction.
Richard Jefferies was curator of the Watts Gallery for two decades from 1985–2006. His role led to his becoming an acknowledged expert on the Victorian painter and sculptor G.F. Watts. Jefferies' uncle had been chief assistant to Mary Seton Watts in the last ten years of her life and Richard was born on a visit by his parents to his aunt and uncle at Compton in 1945. He started as Custodian at the Gallery on 1 February 1969 after an earlier discussion with the then Curator, Wilfrid Blunt. He provides the foreword for Hutchings book on Watts' sculpture.
Richard L. Jefferies is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director and editor. He wrote and executive produced Cold Creek Manor. He was a screenwriter on Tron Legacy for Disney Studios and directed the 2008 Syfy Original film Living Hell. Jefferies is partners with writer/director/producer Ethan Wiley in transmedia production company Wiseacre Films.
